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The QC, Vol. 87, No. 25 • May 3, 2001

2001_05_03_001

■ Letters, Part Deux
This week letters have poured in
from all parts of the world. Next
week's forecast predicts a 30
percent chance of a real topic.
■ Helping Hands Day
Students, faculty and staff came
together to improve the Whittier
community last Saturday.
■ Coachella
The weather was hot, the music
was hot, the personal pizza was
hot. And we were there.
,
M It's Over...It's All
Over
The Spring season has officially
ended. Turn to page 14 to catch
the final statistics.
WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE
May 3,2001
John GretnCeaf JBm
. Wfuttier
^^^ -| ^-"^ May j, zuui
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 JLhttn.
http://www.whittier.edu/qc
COR Proposes to Remove Publications Board's 40% of Student Fees
Amendment May Place 100% of Fees Under COR Jurisdiction; Media Would Apply to COR for Funds
■ COR
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
The Council of Representatives (COR) Executive Council
proposed a constitutional amendment on Monday, April 30 that
would give COR the responsibility of allocating funds to campus
publications. If passed, Publications Board, which now collects
40 percent of the student body
fees, would lose its-capacity to
distribute that money between the
Quaker Campus (QC), the Acropolis, Whittier College Radio, the
Literary Review and La Voz del
Poeta. COR would require publications to apply for money in the
same manner as clubs and organizations on campus.
Junior COR President Jeff
Cleveland said that he proposed
the amendment because of the
funding problems Publications
Board faced last semester and because he feels that all student body
fees should be held accountable to
the students.
"It's not'about taking power
away from the publications; it's
about making the spending of student body fees legitimate," junior
COR Treasurer Prithvi Nobuth
said.
"We're already held accountable for any money we spend,"
junior Acropolis Editor-in-Chief
diana guy said. "[Publications
Board] was created because there
were issues regarding money between COR and the publications
... I definitely think that all of the
entities governed by Publications
Board should be accountable. I
think that this year Publications
Board has alleviated issues that
have haunted us in the past. I don't
think COR needs to come in and
take our authority."
QC Advisor Gary Libman,
who suggested the foundation of
Publications Board in 1984 and
modeled it after a system he had
witnessed at graduate school at
the University of Minnesota, said
that the Board was founded to
A wheelchair lift installed last year in front of the Wardman Art Building, allowing access
to professor's offices.
College Aims for Disability Access
■ CAMPUS ACCESS
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
In accordance with national
trends, Whittier College's population of students with physical
and learning disabilities is consistently rising, according to Director of the Learning Center
Jamie Shepherd. Since the 1997-
1998 academic year, students with
registered disabilities have increased by \19 percent to 153
students—about 11 percent of the
total student body. Of these registered cases, more than 80 percent
of the students have learning dis-
abilities. The rem.'
cent are faced with a campus that,
"We're very warm and
flexible at Whittier, but our
kuildti n't."
Jaime Shepherd
Learning Center Director
because of its geography, is "not
really accessible." Shepherd said.
However. Director of Human
Resources Jan Merideth says that
"if that's a perception people
have I cep-
tion is changing." She --vs that
the College makes extensive efforts to accommodate students
with disabilities by making more
buildings accessible, nuv ing
classes to rooms on ground level
and altering residence halls to
make them safer.
Senioi i say.-, that
student services do an excellent
job accommodating students. "I
couldn't praise them more." she
See ACCESS, page 4
protect the press from censorship.
Libman called the proposal "a very
damaging turn of events for the
free discussion of issues on this
campus."
"A government-controlled
press has never been permitted in
this country, and we shouldn't permit it here," Libman said. "There
has to be a better way to meet
COR's needs, perhaps through
discussions with Publications
Board."
Nobuth said that the amendment was not to be read as "student versus media."
"COR is not a government,"
he said. "A government is something where everyone has the same
mindset. COR is represented by
different people from all over the
campus."
Senior Literary Review Editor-in-Chief Allison Outschoorn
said that she found the idea that
COR would want to hold Publications Board accountable "highly
ironic because COR lost all that
money last year. It's also highly
ironic that they're cracking down
on us considering they've been in
the same position."
Junior Whittier College Radio General Manager Andrea Roy
agrees with principles of holding
campus publications accountable
for their funding, but says that she
thinks Publications Board may be
See FEES, page 4
Wanberg Room
Allegedly Intruded
Campus Safety Urges Students to Lock
Doors, Report Crimes as Soon as Possible
m CRIME
by Raluca Zelinschi
QC Asst. News Editor
A Wanberg resident was taken by surprise in the early morning hours on Monday morning,
April 27, when a man opened
the door of her room, looked
around and hastily retreated,
closing the door behind him. The
student had returned from the
bathroom, leaving the door unlocked. No words were exchanged between the two. The
suspect is a Latino male in his
early 20's with a shaved head
and piercing below his lower
lip. He was wearing latex gloves.
The student reported the incident to Campus Safety the next
night, but the report came too
late for Campus Safety to track
down the suspect. Campus Safety advises students to report as
soon as possible any kind of
suspicious incident or activity
on campus. According to Assistant Chief of Campus Safety
John Lewis "timely notification
of a problem is critical to the
solution of the problem." Referring to the incident Lewis also
addedthat "this kind of incident
is a top priority for us," and
students need to call Campus
Safety during or immediately
following the incident.
Campus Safety also strongly urges students to lock their
doors and carry the keys with
them. "We've had several incidents on campus where the room
door was unlocked and the resident was in. If the door had
been locked the incident would
not have occurred," Lewis said.
news
you can use
I Call
On Saturday, May 5,
dinner will be served in
the Amphitheater from
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., in
conjunction with Spring
Sing.
ISSUE 25 • VOLUME 87

■ Letters, Part Deux
This week letters have poured in
from all parts of the world. Next
week's forecast predicts a 30
percent chance of a real topic.
■ Helping Hands Day
Students, faculty and staff came
together to improve the Whittier
community last Saturday.
■ Coachella
The weather was hot, the music
was hot, the personal pizza was
hot. And we were there.
,
M It's Over...It's All
Over
The Spring season has officially
ended. Turn to page 14 to catch
the final statistics.
WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE
May 3,2001
John GretnCeaf JBm
. Wfuttier
^^^ -| ^-"^ May j, zuui
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 JLhttn.
http://www.whittier.edu/qc
COR Proposes to Remove Publications Board's 40% of Student Fees
Amendment May Place 100% of Fees Under COR Jurisdiction; Media Would Apply to COR for Funds
■ COR
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
The Council of Representatives (COR) Executive Council
proposed a constitutional amendment on Monday, April 30 that
would give COR the responsibility of allocating funds to campus
publications. If passed, Publications Board, which now collects
40 percent of the student body
fees, would lose its-capacity to
distribute that money between the
Quaker Campus (QC), the Acropolis, Whittier College Radio, the
Literary Review and La Voz del
Poeta. COR would require publications to apply for money in the
same manner as clubs and organizations on campus.
Junior COR President Jeff
Cleveland said that he proposed
the amendment because of the
funding problems Publications
Board faced last semester and because he feels that all student body
fees should be held accountable to
the students.
"It's not'about taking power
away from the publications; it's
about making the spending of student body fees legitimate," junior
COR Treasurer Prithvi Nobuth
said.
"We're already held accountable for any money we spend,"
junior Acropolis Editor-in-Chief
diana guy said. "[Publications
Board] was created because there
were issues regarding money between COR and the publications
... I definitely think that all of the
entities governed by Publications
Board should be accountable. I
think that this year Publications
Board has alleviated issues that
have haunted us in the past. I don't
think COR needs to come in and
take our authority."
QC Advisor Gary Libman,
who suggested the foundation of
Publications Board in 1984 and
modeled it after a system he had
witnessed at graduate school at
the University of Minnesota, said
that the Board was founded to
A wheelchair lift installed last year in front of the Wardman Art Building, allowing access
to professor's offices.
College Aims for Disability Access
■ CAMPUS ACCESS
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
In accordance with national
trends, Whittier College's population of students with physical
and learning disabilities is consistently rising, according to Director of the Learning Center
Jamie Shepherd. Since the 1997-
1998 academic year, students with
registered disabilities have increased by \19 percent to 153
students—about 11 percent of the
total student body. Of these registered cases, more than 80 percent
of the students have learning dis-
abilities. The rem.'
cent are faced with a campus that,
"We're very warm and
flexible at Whittier, but our
kuildti n't."
Jaime Shepherd
Learning Center Director
because of its geography, is "not
really accessible." Shepherd said.
However. Director of Human
Resources Jan Merideth says that
"if that's a perception people
have I cep-
tion is changing." She --vs that
the College makes extensive efforts to accommodate students
with disabilities by making more
buildings accessible, nuv ing
classes to rooms on ground level
and altering residence halls to
make them safer.
Senioi i say.-, that
student services do an excellent
job accommodating students. "I
couldn't praise them more." she
See ACCESS, page 4
protect the press from censorship.
Libman called the proposal "a very
damaging turn of events for the
free discussion of issues on this
campus."
"A government-controlled
press has never been permitted in
this country, and we shouldn't permit it here," Libman said. "There
has to be a better way to meet
COR's needs, perhaps through
discussions with Publications
Board."
Nobuth said that the amendment was not to be read as "student versus media."
"COR is not a government,"
he said. "A government is something where everyone has the same
mindset. COR is represented by
different people from all over the
campus."
Senior Literary Review Editor-in-Chief Allison Outschoorn
said that she found the idea that
COR would want to hold Publications Board accountable "highly
ironic because COR lost all that
money last year. It's also highly
ironic that they're cracking down
on us considering they've been in
the same position."
Junior Whittier College Radio General Manager Andrea Roy
agrees with principles of holding
campus publications accountable
for their funding, but says that she
thinks Publications Board may be
See FEES, page 4
Wanberg Room
Allegedly Intruded
Campus Safety Urges Students to Lock
Doors, Report Crimes as Soon as Possible
m CRIME
by Raluca Zelinschi
QC Asst. News Editor
A Wanberg resident was taken by surprise in the early morning hours on Monday morning,
April 27, when a man opened
the door of her room, looked
around and hastily retreated,
closing the door behind him. The
student had returned from the
bathroom, leaving the door unlocked. No words were exchanged between the two. The
suspect is a Latino male in his
early 20's with a shaved head
and piercing below his lower
lip. He was wearing latex gloves.
The student reported the incident to Campus Safety the next
night, but the report came too
late for Campus Safety to track
down the suspect. Campus Safety advises students to report as
soon as possible any kind of
suspicious incident or activity
on campus. According to Assistant Chief of Campus Safety
John Lewis "timely notification
of a problem is critical to the
solution of the problem." Referring to the incident Lewis also
addedthat "this kind of incident
is a top priority for us," and
students need to call Campus
Safety during or immediately
following the incident.
Campus Safety also strongly urges students to lock their
doors and carry the keys with
them. "We've had several incidents on campus where the room
door was unlocked and the resident was in. If the door had
been locked the incident would
not have occurred," Lewis said.
news
you can use
I Call
On Saturday, May 5,
dinner will be served in
the Amphitheater from
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., in
conjunction with Spring
Sing.
ISSUE 25 • VOLUME 87